"I say to God, my Rock, 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?' My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, 'Where is your God?' Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God" (Psalm 42:9-11). A Grief Observed The excerpt above is removed from the Bible, specifically Psalm 42 verses 9 through 11. The musician of the temple is believed to have written these verses. The circumstances leading up to the time this excerpt was written was characterized by violence and retribution. Absalom, a son of David, let a rebellion that forced David and other leaders, including the musician of the temple out of the kingdom to the land of Jordan. At that point, the musician of the temple felt and was far from God in the temple. He expresses this by using pysma and synecdoche to emphasize his distress and plead for God; in contrast the author employs volta and apostrophe to highlight his faith and hope in God. Within the short three verses, there is a sense of urgency and distress that is created by a series of rhetorical questions, known as pysma. The repetition of the question "Why" is used by the author to create sense of urgency by repeatedly asking a question, relentlessly seeking an answer to his difficult questions (Psalm 42:9-11). These questions are a representation of the psalmist's distress. He uses words like "mourning," "downcast," and "disturbed" to portray his pleading (42:9-11). These words when put into questions create the pysma that forces the reader to understand the sheer weight of distress on the psalmist. Another move made by the psalmist to express his distress is synecdoche. This is enacted in the words "My bones suffer ..." which is a part being used to represent a whole (42:9-11). His bones symbolize the whole that is himself. However, in using the bones, it expresses a pain deeper than most. Bones are at the core of the human body, which is significant because it shows that the psalmist's anguish impacts the core of who he is, given that he is indeed the musician of the temple. The psalmist pushes his distress deeper into the reader's understanding by employing synecdoche to emphasize his physical anguish. In contrast to the psalmist's lament, there is a sudden reversal of tone, also known as volta, which shifts the spotlight from his pain to his faith and hope that is found in God. Within a single verse, the psalmist flips his perspective on its head. He questions himself, specifically his soul, about why his is so "downcast" (42:11). This shift completes two moves in one, including a shift in perspective and a shift in emotion. His perspective has a major shift because he is "downcast" then he commands himself to put hope in God (42:11). He chooses to focus on the one who can get him through the season rather than wallowing in his circumstances. The second impact of the author's use of volta is a shift in emotion. He shifts his emotions of despair to determined hope. The psalmist pushes himself to praise God, even in the rough situation. Overall, the author uses volta to create a shift in perspective and emotion that creates a deeper impact on the reader. Lastly, the psalmist has a moment of self-confrontation because of the shift in audience. "Why, my soul..." is an example of the shift in audience. The psalmist begins the excerpt by pleading with God for help, then he shifts the audience to talking to his own soul. This apostrophe is used to focus in on the idea that putting your faith and hope in God is the best action you can take in rough circumstances. The author uses the word "yet..." to further explain that he has faith that the Lord will work these things out for his benefit. The psalmist has to confront his feelings and measure them to his faith. He chooses to put what he knows and believes about God and his goodness before what he does not know about his circumstances, which is true faith. In conclusion, the psalmist wrote this excerpt during a time of great distress; however, he chooses to have faith, knowing that the situation would work out in the end. By employing pysma, synecdoche, volta, and apostrophe, the author creates an emphasis of his distress, while also highlighting his faith and hope in the Lord.

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